Automatic folding stand.



No. 846,552 I PATBNTED MAR. 12 1907.1 s. T. COLLINS & G. BROWNING. AUTOMATIC FOLDING STAND.-

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 17.1906.

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AUTOMATIC FOLDING STAND.

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Epecification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed May 17,1906. Serial No. 317.392.

To (all. who/1 1 it may concern:

Be it known that we, SYDNEY T. COLLLNS,

a citizen ol the United l lmsdale, in the county of .Dupage and State of .llhn'ois, and Gnonon BROWNING, a subyect ol the lung oi ltngland, residing at l-l insdale,

in the county of Dupage and State ofllli1iois,.

have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Folding Stands,

of which the followrngis a description.

()ur invention relates to a folding stand adapted to be transported readily from place to place and so formed that upon being brought into contact with a suitable surface the supporting members are automatically extended intoposition to support the stand and the object attached thereto.

The object of our invention is to produce a strong and durable device of the kind do scril ed, one not'liable to become disabled or inoperative, and requiring practically .no attention when in service. i

To this end our invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts herein shown and described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of our device shown attached to a eaddie-bag. Fig. 2 is a partial section taken substantially on line 2 2 of Fig. 6. Fig. 3 is a partial section taken substantially on line 3 3 of Fig. 6. Fig. 4 is an enlarged partial section taken. substantially on line 4 4 of Fig. '1. Fig. 5 is a partial section taken substantially on line 5 5 of Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is an. enlarged side elevation of our device with portions broken away. Fig. 7 isa side elevation of a modified form of our device shown attached to a caddie-bag. Fig. 8.is a partial section taken substantially on line 9 8 of Fig. 12. Fig. 9 is a partial section taken substantially on line 9 9 ofFig. 12. Fig. 10 is an enlarged partial section taken substantially on line 10 10 of Fi 7,. Fig. l] is a partial section taken so stantially on line 11-11 of Fig. 12. mg. 12 is an enlarged side elevation of the working parts of the form of our device shown in Fig. 7 with parts broken away.

. In the form or our device shown in the drawings our device is especially adapted for States, residing at .stantially parallel.

attachment toa caddie-bag to hold the same in convenient position for inserting or re moving a club and so that the player is not obliged to stoop when he desires to move along after a stroke. In this form a telescoping bar A, formed of members 1 and 2, is provided, in which the member v1 is refcrably of substantially the same lengt as the bag 3, the ends of which are shown'attached to the ends of the member 1 by means of suitable clips or equivalent means 4, and 5. The member 2 preferably incloses the member 1 and in the form shown is pro vided with a foot-piece 6, formed to extend may besupported at the lower end of the member upon the foot-piece 6. Any do sired hum war or arrangement of arms or braces may be employed to brace and sup.

port in a. suitable position the upper end of the device. As shown, a collar 7 is rigidly mounted upon the member 1, and two arms 8 8 are pivotally attached at one end to said collar, so that when extended in operative position the two arms and n ember2 eooper ate to form a tripod forsupporting the ob ject attached to the bar A. Any suitable means may be employed to control the position of the arms 8 8. As shown, a link 9 is provided for each arm, extending from the arm to the member 2 and pivotally attached to each, the points of attachment and the length of the links being preferably such that when the bar A is fully telescoped-that is, the

parts 1. and 2am moved upon each other to reduce the length'oi the bar A-the arms 8 be closed or folded against the member 2, in which position the several parts are subprojection 10 is provided upon each arm, and the link 9 is attached near the extremity of the projection, thus providing an increase in the angle between the arms and. links when the arms are closed and greatly improving the operation of the device. In the preferred form also suitable resilient means are pro In the form shown. a

are extended, as shown in Figs. land 2, and. when the bar A is extended the arms 8 will vided to normally hold the bar A extended and the arms closed. As shown, this is accomplished bya spring 11, positioned at the reg formed in the wall'of the member 12.

sition of the arms 8 when free, yet not of.

suificient strength to prevent the telescoping of the bar A under'the weight of the caddie:

bag 3 or other object which may be attached to the bar.

In the form of our device shown in Figs, 7 to 12, inclusive, the parts 12 and 14 perform the function of the parts 1, and '2, respectively, but are reversed in position-that is, the part 12 is tubular and open at the lower end and the part 14 slides within, and thus telescopes therewith-the ends of the links being attached to the part 14 by means .of

suitable pins or equivalent means 15, ex-

tending through suitably-formed slots 16 16, In this form also the foot-piece 17 consists merely of a disk or flange attached to the lower end of the part 14 or, if" preferred, may be entirely dispensed with.

In either form the object to be supported by our device may be attached. thereto by any suitable means, depending upon the nature of the object, the clips shown in Figs. 4 and 10 being particularly'convenient for attaching a caddie-bag or similar object. Eachof these clips is attached to the bag in the same manner-viz., by forming suitable slots in the side of the bag and simultaneously passing the parts 18 and 19 through the slots, as shown, and then by means of the screws 20 and 21 drawing the ends of the parts 18 and 19 toward adjacent portions of' the clip, and thus firmly clamping the clip in position.

In the clip shown in Fig. 4 a suitable opening 22 is provided to receive a portionot' the bar A, and a set-screw 23 is provided to en gagethe same and prevent itsmovement when'suitably positioned therein, while in the form shown in Fig. 10 a clamp 24 is provided to receive a portion of the bar A and a 1 suitable cap-screw 25 to produce the necessary adjustment of the clamp. have been employed in practice and given perfect satisfaction.

While in the drawings a caddie-bag is shown attached to a preferred form of our device to illustrate the manner of its operation and an extremely convenient use to which our device may he applied, it is obvious that it may as c onveniently be applied to other objects and that various modifications within the scope of the claims may be .ijnade in the device itself without departing i'i c'nn the spirit of our invention. 7 Hence we fat-mt wish to be understood as limiting Both forms" ourselves to the exact form and construction shown;

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.

1. An automatic foldmg stand, comprising a telescoping bar,-means for attaching an ob- 'ect to the extremities of one member of said ar, a pair of arms attached at one point to said member, and adapted to cooperate with a portion thereof to form a tripod and support said bar, and connections between said arms and the other member of said bar for controlling the position of said arms.

2. An automatic folding stand, comprising a telescoping bar, means for attaching an object to said bar, a plurality of armsattached to, and adapted to cooperate with a portion of said bar to support the same in position, resilient means tending to normally hold said arms closed, and means controlled by the telescoping of said bar for automatically moving said arms into position to support said bar. 7 f

'3. An automatic folding stand, comprising a telescoping liar, means for attaching an object to the extremities of one member of said bar, a pair of arms pivotally attached to said bar, and adapted to cooperate with a portion thereof to form a tripod and suport said bar, resilient means tending to hold'said arms closed and said bar extended,

and means controlled by the telescoping of said bar for automatically moving said arms into position to support said bar.

4. An automatic folding stand, comprising a telescoping bar, a plurality of arms pivotally attached to one member oi said bar, rc silient means tending to hold said arms closed and said bar extended, and a link for each arm connecting the same to the other mem-' ber of said bar, the parts connecting said arms to said banbeing arranged to control the length of said bar when extended and when telescoped.

5. In a device of the kind described, a bar, and means for attaching a bag to said bar, com rising a clip provided with a plurality of c amping members adapted to engage a part of the side of said bag between them, and means 0 )erable wholly from the outside of said bag or controlling the operation of said clamping members.

' In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing 'witnesses.v

' SYDNEY T. COLLINS.

GEORGE BROWNING.

Witnesses:

Bmrron U. HILLs, .lHAnLns I. Gone. 

